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History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States (Volume 1); With Notices of Its Principal Framers

History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States (Volume 1); With Notices of Its Principal Framers

Curtis, George Ticknor

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ISBN10: 1151117412
ISBN13: 9781151117410
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.64 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...that description. Life of ing, except upon ' extraordinary Hamilton, II. 389. occasions, ' and as the present busi-3 August 23, 1786. ness had already been particularly CHAPTER II. 1784-1787. Infractions Of The Treaty Of Peace. The Treaty of Peace, ratified on the 14th of January, 1784, contained provisions of great practical and immediate importance. One of its chief objects, on the part of the United States, was, of course, to effect the immediate withdrawal of the British troops, and of every sign of British authority, from the country whose independence it acknowledged. A stipulation was accordingly introduced, by which the King bound himself, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of the American inhabitants, to withdraw all his armies, garrisons, and fleets from the United States, and from every post, place, and harbor within the same. Although the ratification of the Treaty was followed by the departure of the British forces from the Atlantic coast, many important posts in the Western country, within the incontestable limits of the United States, with a considerable territory around each of them, were still retained.1 1 Secret Journals of Congress, IV. 186, 187. Vol. i. 32 On the part of England, it was of great consequence to secure to British subjects the property, and rights of property, of the enjoyment of which the state of hostilities had deprived them. A war between colonies and the parent state, which had sundered the closest intimacies of social and commercial intercourse, involved of necessity vast private interests. There were two large classes of English creditors, whose interests required protection; the British merchants to whom debts had been contracted before...

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